Source: ClashMusic
Atlanta producer DISTAL provides a heady medley of mind-exploring bass styles in this week’s mix, and it comes off a treat.
DISTAL – Michael Rathbun – has been putting out a string of excellent releases (on labels such as Trouble and Bass, Soul Jazz and Surefire Sound) for a good few years now, and after honing his beat-heavy, juke-infused ghetto-house rip-ups, he’s just released a superb debut album, ‘Civilization’, on Tectonic, bringing together his masterful genre-blurring experiments.
Running through juke heavyweight DJ Slugo, UK producer Surgeon (whose ‘Magneze’ track offers some fine, hectic post-Detroit vibes), trippy techno bass-cadets Kamikaze Space Program, several tracks from Rathbun himself and even a blast of Fatboy Slim (fear not, it actually slots in rather nicely with Rathbun’s considered touch), the mix is a full-on encapsulation of the aggression, beauty and complexity put forth by contemporary bass music.
We caught up with Rathbun for a chat, ahead of his Clashmusic mix…
Full interview, listen and download at ClashMusic
Tags: Dubstep, Footwork, Juke, Post Dubstep, Post Funky, UK Funky, UK House